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Profiting from pandemics: COVID-19, changing routines and cyber crimes

Photo of Dr David Buil-GIlBlack and white headshot of Prof Nick Lord By , , , and Filed Under: Digital Futures Posted:

The COVID-19 crisis is driving changes in the routines of institutions and individuals, as businesses, educational institutions and other organisations recommend or require employees to engage in social distancing in a collective attempt to minimise the spread of the virus. As well as having global socioeconomic effects, these changes in routine create opportunities for crimes. […]

Fathers and care

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In this blog, Dr Helen Norman, Professor Colette Fagan, and Dr Nina Teasdale examine the political and economic influences which dissuade involvement in childcare by fathers. They explore what might encourage greater involvement, and suggest ways to embed this in local and national policy. National policy focuses on helping mothers rather than fathers to adapt […]

Ethnicity and gender in the Greater Manchester labour market

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While male employment levels are roughly equal between ethnicities, women from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to be employed than their white peers. Here, Professor Ruth Lupton explores the reasons behind this disparity, and how policy and data-based approaches can help address it. Around 75% of white men are employed, while for the larger […]

Striving for gender balance in the IT industry

Debra Howcroft By Filed Under: All posts Posted:

Early computing was dominated by women, most often working as machine operators. Since the 1970s, however, they have been side-lined by the tech industry, replaced by higher paid men. Professor Debra Howcroft critically examines the increasingly gendered environment within the IT sector, and offers solutions to encourage women to return to the industry they played […]

Can we ‘level up’ transport infrastructure across the UK?

Diane Coyle By and Filed Under: Budget, Devo, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Professor Diane Coyle and Dr Marianne Sensier have recently conducted research comparing transport infrastructure projects that have used HM Treasury’s Green Book. In this blog they argue that this methodology, alongside political prioritisation of projects in and around London, has reinforced existing success in wealthy, already highly productive parts of the UK. Future infrastructure investment […]

The gender pay gap in Greater Manchester: What it tells us and what it doesn’t tell us about gender equality

Jill Rubery By Filed Under: All posts Posted:

The gender pay gap is considered a key indicator of gender equality as a whole. Here, Professor Jill Rubery breaks down the data behind local and national pay disparity, and offers policy based solutions which positively affect both male and female workers. The narrower gender pay gap in Greater Manchester, compared to England as a […]

Gender and occupational segregation in Greater Manchester

Francesca GainsAnna Sanders By and Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Within the Greater Manchester region, the highest paid roles are typically dominated by men. In this blog, Anna Sanders and Professor Francesca Gains break down the gender ratios within several key sectors, and offer solutions to increase gender parity across the region. Men are concentrated in higher-paid occupational sectors. Two-thirds of managers, directors and senior […]

Getting gender on the devolution agenda

Francesca Gains By Filed Under: All posts, Devo Posted:

In this blog, Francesca Gains, Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of Policy@Manchester, discusses the importance of including women’s voices and their experiences (in all their diversity) in devolved policymaking. As the Greater Manchester Combined Authority refreshes its strategy (Our People, Our Place) and other combined authorities develop their local strategies, it will be crucial […]

Does fathers’ involvement in childcare influence mothers’ employment post-childbirth?

Helen Norman By Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted:

In October 2019, the Government Equalities Office published three pieces of research on the barriers to women’s progression. In this blog, Dr Helen Norman, Research Fellow in Sociology, discusses some of the findings in relation to her own research into the impact of paternal involvement in childcare on mothers’ employment trajectories during the early stages […]

The darker politics of wellbeing: the managerial abuse of ‘positive’ interventions at work

Miguel Martínez Lucio By Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

In this blog, Miguel Martínez Lucio, Professor in the Work and Equalities Institute and the Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester,  discusses the ‘individualised’ approach to worker wellbeing and argues for a more collective approach that recognises the seriousness of mental health. Changing agendas in the workplace continue to undermine the regulatory […]

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